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package utilclasses;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * The MyDate class generates a simple format of today's date for readability.
 * @author keaneb1
 * 
 */
public class simpleDate {
    
 /**
  * This uses the SimpleDateFormat class to set a simpler format for the date.
  * 
  * @return      today's date in dd-MMM-yyyy format.
  */
    public static String getTodaysDate()
    {
	Date today = new Date();
	DateFormat formater = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
	formater.setLenient(true);         
	String todayDate = formater.format(today);
	return todayDate;
    } 
    
}